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UBC Okanagan Food Services

UBC Okanagan Food Services

UBC Okanagan Food Services

UBC Okanagan Food Services

  • What We Do
  • How We Deliver
  • Culinary Director

We are an Essential Campus Ingredient

Our mission is simple: we’re here to support the UBC community. 

We help fund UBC

Our profits support our students and the University’s academic mission.

We contribute to student life

By sponsoring campus initiatives and student programs.

We are 100% self-funded

As an ancillary department,
we receive no funding from
UBC.

We pay above standard wages

Life in the Okanagan can be expensive. Staff and student workers receive above standard wages.

We plan events

Partnering with departments and student groups for events.

We support learning

Partnering with academic programs. 

We hire over 20 students

To work part-time on campus every year.

We’re responsible.

We believe in the importance of
having a positive impact on the
communities we serve.

Meet Shelley Robinson

Executive Chef

Shelley is a seasoned culinary veteran and one of Canada’s renowned chefs. Shelley has twice been nominated to represent Canada as a delegate for Slow Food in Turin, Italy. Her food has been featured in Western Living, Avenue, Eat North, Where and Canadian Living. A regular TV, radio and celebrity chef personality, Shelley was the 2014 winner of Food Network’s Chopped Canada. 

Shelley serves as a role model for aspiring female chefs, and was recently awarded the Julia Child “legacy scholarship” from Les Dames d’Escoffier. 

Shelley has owned and operated two restaurants, a café and an artisanal grocery store. She is also the co-author of four cookbooks. She is a graduate of Dubrelle French Culinary Academy and Vancouver Community College.

 

How We Deliver

UBCO Food Services is a 100% self-funded, ancillary department, comprising of three major business segments:

Marketplace Dining

Two mid-scale dining rooms, Sunshine and Picnic, serve the campus community.

Retail Operations

9 campus locations, including cafés, bistros, and franchise food locations on UBC’s Okanagan campus.

Catering

Full-service and delivery catering on the UBC Okanagan campus by Scholar’s Catering. 

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We acknowledge that UBCO Food Services and UBC Okanagan is located on the traditional and ancestral, and unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation. We thank the Syilx Nation for its hospitality and support of our work.

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We acknowledge that UBCO Food Services and UBC Okanagan is located on the traditional and ancestral, and unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation. We thank the Syilx Nation for its hospitality and support of our work.

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